Has SP2 been withdrawn again? Every time I try to download it, I am given an HTTP/404 message. I am viewing http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=10600643-09b3-46d8-ba28-bc494bc20d26&displaylang=en to get at the download, this then displays a message: "The download you re...more >>

I am working on a .NET application and I set the App Icon to an icon that the default image was 32x32 pixels. On the PocketPC it shows up with only a quarter of it (16x16). I tried changing the icon and redeploying it, but it always seems to remember the old icon. Where is this cached and how c...more >>

Hi, all I'm writing a game for the PPC in C#. I'd like to be able to drag a coloured circle across the screen. Solitaire does a great job of dragging fairly large images around. Are there any samples for this sort of thing around? Any suggestions? Thanks! - rick ...more >>

I need a special touchkeyboard for my CE.NET 4.1 Device with thing big buttons. Is the a control or applikation for this or how can create a simple control, to write in a the current textbuffer. Thanks for help, Ewald ...more >>

hi, I'm programming an application for the PPC to view video files. I can't find a list of all file formats supported by the latest Windows Media Player for PPC. Is Motion JPEG supported? I have a camera that seems to record as Motion JPEG but so far it seems like this format is only vi...more >>

My ppc application, syncronizes via a web service The web service can be in a IIS in my local LAN. In this situation, I can access the web service if I use a ppc with a wireless connection to my LAN. But if the PPC is craddled and using the passthrough connection via ActiveSync, it doesn'...more >>

Hi all, I was wondering if there is a way to make Customized Smart Device Controls for the Pocket PC ? I want to make a IP Box consisting of 4 smaller textboxes. What is the best way to make them ? Thank you. Regards, WilliamT ...more >>

is it possible for the PPC2002 emulator to have more than 16MB of memory? after installing the CF and SQLCE and copying over the program (only 144k btw) there's only 6MB free program memory and just starting up the app uses 5MB (which brings up another point: are there any general memory optim...more >>

Hello, I need all the help I can get... I am making a picture explorer program and I need to make a thumbnail view. I plan on browsing for images in a certain folder and showing a thumbnail view of them. Here are my problems that I cannot figure out.... I want to create a new picturebox for ...more >>

Mooseworks Software is pleased to announce the release of the XYGraph = control for the .Net Compact Framework. The XYGraph comes as part of the = Visual Interface Controls suite which also includes Bar Chart, Strip = Chart, and Slider controls. The controls are 100% native CF code, and = requir...more >>

Hi Alex I tried your sample. first with out the SP2. I close the 2003 Emulator with out saving its state. than, I ran your sample, it works fine. after that, I copy the "netcf.all.wce4.X86.cab" file (NET Compact Framework 1.0 SP2 Developer Redistributable) to the 2003 Emulator and answer "Yes...more >>

Could anybody provide sample code that illustrates exchanging messages between two CF Applications. Thanks Neelima ...more >>

Pretty basic: I have a boolean column in a SQL DB and am using a DataView as the source for my DataGrid. In the DataGrid, I want to map values "true" to X and "false" to Y so that I see the mapped values in the DataGrid rather than the boolean equivalent. How dirty do I need to get with my Data...more >>

i use vb.net to develop PPC2002's program. i want to get Millisecond value,but i used this function:now.Millisecond,the return value is 0,why? ...more >>

I don't get it to work, anyone else that does? ...more >>

I'm using the article «Developing and Deploying Pocket PC Setup Applications» to create a setup to install a PPC 2003 Application from the desktop. t creates the CAB files, and then pack them into an MSI that launches the WinCE Application Manager to select the correct CAB file and deploy it to ...more >>

I have a reference to an own made dll in my application. When I debug the dll is copied over to the device/emulator each time. Since it is, or atleast will be, quite large, and won't change often I don't want it copied each time. The common CF dlls like system.dll isn't copied each time, how do I...more >>

I have an application with a Treeview and a ListView. If the ListView has focus and I tap and hold an item in the Treeview, the Treeview Item gets the focus before the TreeView Context Menu appears. i.e. it functions as I wish it to. However if the TreeView has focus and I tap and hold an it...more >>

Hi all, In a recent post, I asked whether we can gain access to a PPC's device ID. I was directed to a paper written by Neil Cowburn on MSDN and have implemented it. It does return a DeviceID but it is quite a different number to the one that displays in the Asset Viewer, Serial# in my iPAQ 39...more >>

Hi, I am trying to figure out how the Http POST works in .Net CF by using the example in the MS book - .Net Compact Framework. However, I get the following exception thrown when I compile the sample code from the book: An unhandled exception of type 'System.Net.Sockets.SocketException' occu...more >>

Hi, does anyone know how I can read the registry on my PocketPC with the dotnet framework. The Namespace Microsoft.Win32 doesnot exist in the compactframework. Thanks, Stefan ...more >>

Hi All, I am trying to develop a .NET CF application that broadcasts Custom Message(along with some data). These messages will be handled in another ..NET CF application. I have seen the sample provided my Alex on MS website. But I am not sure I understand how I pass data(params) as part of the...more >>

SmartPhones have SP1 in ROM, but what about SP2 ... how can I update the current emulator, SP2 has some WebService fixes I need? will SmartPhones eventually get ServicePack updates over the air? Thanks casey ...more >>

I've put together a sample that reads ROM contents on iPaqs. It requires flashmgr.dll that is present in pretty much all Compaq/HP versions of iPaq ROM. Some other devices might have the same type of ROM and potentially a copy of flashmgr.dll. I would appreciate information about that. Sample ...more >>